Aching

Help!  I am aching.  Aching in all sorts of places.  And it's all my own fault.

Wednesday night is, I'm sure you've worked out, Tai Chi night.  Now the truth is I didn't really want to go this evening.  It was raining, it was cold and I was tired.  However, this was what lead to me missing several weeks before Christmas and I didn't want to start down that road again.

Of course, the weather had to make it worse.  After a constant light rain during my journey to the class, it waits until I'm just about to get out of the car to hail.  I kid you not,  end of January and it decides to hail.

Reminds me of an awful but good old joke "What's worse than raining cats and dogs?" "Hailing taxis!"

Still I made it there.  I wasn't feeling on top of the world, tired and a bit narky but I was there.  We did all we were supposed to do including more monkey steps practice - I even managed to start co-ordinating my arms and legs - and I think I can almost remember it all now although I still get a little unsure at times.  Then we did some meditation exercises.  In case you're wondering, this doesn't mean sitting in a circle thinking, it means breathing and stretching while maintaining what I call a soft concentration.

Anyhow, the upshot of all this is that my shoulders ache, my left elbow aches (but I've been having trouble with it for a while), my neck is sore and my knees are protesting.  I tell you, anyone who says Tai Chi is the soft option obviously isn't doing it properly!